Category: Sounders FC

The 105th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, U.S. Soccer’s National Championship, kicks off May 9 and features a total of 94 participating teams from all levels of American soccer. The tournament will see a tiered bracket and eight rounds of single-elimination play until a champion is crowned in September 2018. Source: 2018... Continue Reading →

NEW YORK—The new partnership between MLS and Liga MX might begin with a single game, but its architects envision it developing into something much bigger than an annual date between two the top teams in North America. Source: MLS, Liga MX bosses hope new partnership will elevate North American soccer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rv3-Fqj18o Following Tuesday's announcement of a... Continue Reading →

Adrian Webster is famous for going up against Pele in 1977 as the Seattle Sounders faced the New York Cosmos in the old NASL Final, "Soccer Bowl." In recent years Webster has reconnected with the Sounders. He has also been writing down his memories and new experiences. The latest result is "Circle of Life." goalWA.net... Continue Reading →

SEATTLE, WA--- Seattle Sounders FC continued its run in the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League with a 1-0 result in the first leg of the Quarterfinal Round against Mexican side Chivas Guadalajara. 42,885 were on-hand to witness the contest, the largest crowd ever for Sounders FC in Champions League play at CenturyLink Field, surpassing the... Continue Reading →

SEATTLE, WA--- Seattle Stars FC, 2017 Champions of the Evergreen Premier League, are excited to announce that Seattle University Hall of Famer and former Seattle Sounder Santamaria Rivera has been hired as the Head Coach of the Men's team. Rivera's first function as new Stars gaffer will be to oversee the club's open tryouts being held on... Continue Reading →

TUKWILA, WA--- (Ari Liljenwall / MLSsoccer.com) The Seattle Sounders took a calculated risk. Now, it’s time to see if it pays off. The Sounders are coming off a disappointing result in their MLS season opener against LAFC at CenturyLink Field on Sunday – a match they lost 1-0 courtesy of an 11th-minute golazo from Diego Rossi. But they also didn’t field a... Continue Reading →

It was not the the season opener the Sounders had hoped for, but they played as well as they could with a weakened starting 11. Source: 3 takeaways from Sounders' loss to LAFC Reasons for hope: Given the starting 11, the Sounders looked sharped for the entire second half. Wolff will be a difference maker with... Continue Reading →

SEATTLE, WASH. - Sounders FC secured its passage to the Quarterfinal Round of the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, courtesy of a second-half offensive explosion that saw Will Bruin, Nicolás Lodeiro, Chad Marshall and new signing Magnus Wolff Eikrem find the back of the net. With tonight's result, the Rave Green advance to the Quarterfinal... Continue Reading →

In the wake of Jordan Morris’ season-ending ACL tear, Seattle Sounders general manager Garth Lagerwey acknowledged Monday the need for Seattle to alter its transfer strategy for 2018. Seattle will search for a new forward to fill the roster gap left by the 23-year-old’s speed. Source: Seattle Sounders will pursue new forwards, GM Garth Lagerwey... Continue Reading →

In a landmark media rights agreement, Seattle Sounders FC and YouTube TV today announced a multi-year partnership that sees the latter become the official live TV streaming home of the Rave Green. Source: Sounders FC and YouTube agree to historic streaming partnership

CHATTANOOGA, TN--- Chattanooga FC announces their final preseason friendly of the 2018 season. On Saturday, May 12th, 7:30pm, the boys in blue will welcome the Seattle Sounders U23 team to Fort Finley stadium. It’s been an exciting start to CFC’s 10th season, and a matchup against one of the MLS’ premier franchise’s U23 team will only... Continue Reading →

The Seattle Sounders announced on Tuesday the signing of center back Kim Kee-hee. The 28-year-old South Korean international joins Seattle from China’s Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and was signed using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). Source: Seattle Sounders sign veteran South Korean center back Kim Kee-hee

It’s the moment every player dreads, but one that most have felt: You take a step, and in a split-second, your world changes. A nanosecond before, everything was normal. Then the pop. Now … now … this can’t be real. Source: Warshaw: With Jordan Morris injured, what's next for the Seattle Sounders? In the short... Continue Reading →

The Sounders went to El Salvador and returned with a 2-1 loss, and now, a possibly season-ending injury for their star striker. Source: Source: Sounders lose star Jordan Morris for months with torn ACL

Seattle Sounders F.C. 2 - or S2 and its known - is bringing professional soccer to Tacoma's Cheney Stadium in March 2018. Source: S2: Professional Soccer To Kick Off in Tacoma this Spring - SouthSoundTalk “The leadership up in Seattle had long wanted to partner with the Tacoma Rainiers to help bring some soccer down... Continue Reading →

It all started with a training session with Sporking KC a few weeks ago - rumors, speculation and a bit of dread that we'd lose another Sounders FC star to the realities of professional sports. Brad Evans, captain of the Sounders FC, helped solidify the rumors... Source: One of Two Original MLS Sounders Brad Evans... Continue Reading →

The Whitecaps' game attendance hasn't grown appreciably in their MLS years. What will it take to take it to the next level? Source: Dome Grown: Vancouver Whitecaps battle history, rivals in efforts to expand their audience The Whitecaps’ glory years and legend have grown over the decades, as have the descriptions of crowd sizes,... Continue Reading →

The Seattle Sounders struck first but conceded twice in the second half, eventually falling 2-1 in the first leg of their Round of 16 CONCACAF Champions League series against Salvadoran side Santa Tecla at Estadio Las Delicias Stadium on Thursday. Source: Match Recap: Seattle Sounders fall to Santa Tecla 2-1 in Leg 1 of CONCACAF... Continue Reading →

Yes, Sounders fans were pretty bummed after losing the 2017 MLS Cup to Toronto FC. It was 2-0 and truth be told, it was never close to being a real contest – the Reds dominated from stem to stern. I don't think I've seen a more complete victory in MLS Cup. Source: Armchair Analyst: Once... Continue Reading →

SEATTLE, WA--- Sounders FC today announced that it has signed midfielder / forward Lamar Neagle and goalkeeper Calle Brown. Neagle, the fourth-ranked goal-scorer in club history and 2013 Sounders FC Humanitarian of the Year, returns for his seventh overall season with the Rave Green across four separate stints. Brown, a three-year pro out of the... Continue Reading →

The Sounders VP of soccer and sporting director also tells of the front-office dynamics of a successful MLS team and why they practice under a drone. Source: Soccer America Confidential: Chris Henderson on scouting abroad for the Sounders, how his job has changed and why he loves it The Seattle Sounders are in El Salvador... Continue Reading →